Rupees crore

US $ million

Commodity Group

Percentage Variation

Percentage Variation

2001-02P

2000-01

1999-00

(2)/(3)

(3)/(4)

2001-02P

2000-01

1999-00

(7)/(8)

(8)/(9)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

I.

Bulk Imports

96,593

95,095

85,132

1.6

11.7

20,254

20,816

19,646

-2.7

6.0

(39.6)

(41.2)

(39.6)

(39.6)

(41.2)

(39.6)

A.

Petroleum, Petroleum Products

66,770

71,497

54,648

-6.6

30.8

14,000

15,650

12,611

-10.5

24.1

& Related Material

(27.4)

(31.0)

(25.4)

(27.4)

(31.0)

(25.4)

B.

Bulk Consumption Goods

9,750

6,593

10,473

47.9

-37.0

2,044

1,443

2,417

41.6

-40.3

(4.0)

(2.9)

(4.9)

(4.0)

(2.9)

(4.9)

1.

Cereals & Cereal Preparations

87

87

962

-0.3

-90.9

18

19

222

-4.5

-91.4

2.

Edible Oil

6,474

5,977

8,046

8.3

-25.7

1,358

1,308

1,857

3.8

-29.5

3.

Pulses

3,156

498

355

533.1

40.5

662

109

82

506.4

33.3

4.

Sugar

33

31

1,111

4.8

-97.2

7

7

256

0.4

-97.3

C.

Other Bulk Items

20,074

17,005

20,010

18.0

-15.0

4,209

3,722

4,618

13.1

-19.4

(8.2)

(7.4)

(9.3)

(8.2)

(7.4)

(9.3)

1.

Fertilisers

3,211

3,435

6,063

-6.5

-43.3

673

752

1,399

-10.5

-46.3

a) Crude

791

1,015

885

-22.1

14.8

166

222

204

-25.4

8.9

b) Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites

274

407

502

-32.6

-19.1

57

89

116

-35.5

-23.2

c) Manufactured

2,146

2,013

4,676

6.6

-57.0

450

441

1,079

2.1

-59.2

2.

Non-Ferrous Metals

3,082

2,439

2,370

26.4

2.9

646

534

547

21.1

-2.4

3.

Paper, Paperboard & Manufactured

including Newsprint

2,126

2,061

1,938

3.2

6.3

446

451

447

-1.2

0.9

4.

Crude Rubber including Synthetic & Reclaimed

831

694

621

19.8

11.8

174

152

143

14.7

6.0

5.

Pulp & Waste Paper

1,403

1,287

1,106

9.1

16.4

294

282

255

4.5

10.4

6.

Metalliferrous Ores & Metal Scrap

5,451

3,537

3,789

54.1

-6.7

1,143

774

874

47.6

-11.5

7.

Iron & Steel

3,968

3,553

4,124

11.7

-13.8

832

778

952

7.0

-18.3

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

1,47,052

1,33,212

1,30,105

10.4

2.4

30,834

29,159

30,025

5.7

-2.9

(60.4)

(57.7)

(60.4)

(60.4)

(57.7)

(60.4)

A.

Capital Goods

44,426

40,847

38,850

8.8

5.1

9,315

8,941

8,965

4.2

-0.3

(18.2)

(17.7)

(18.0)

(18.2)

(17.7)

(18.0)

1.

Manufactures of Metals

1,943

1,783

1,755

9.0

1.6

407

390

405

4.4

-3.6

2.

Machine Tools

919

1,001

1,133

-8.2

-11.7

193

219

261

-12.0

-16.2

3.

Machinery except Electrical & Electronics

14,137

12,375

11,895

14.2

4.0

2,964

2,709

2,745

9.4

-1.3

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronics

2,829

2,197

1,897

28.8

15.8

593

481

438

23.3

9.8

5.

Electronic Goods including Computer Software

18,984

16,878

12,972

12.5

30.1

3,981

3,695

2,994

7.7

23.4

6.

Transport Equipments

2,924

3,199

4,925

-8.6

-35.0

613

700

1,137

-12.5

-38.4

7.

Project Goods

2,690

3,414

4,273

-21.2

-20.1

564

747

986

-24.5

-24.2

B.

Mainly Export Related Items

39,248

36,815

39,508

6.6

-6.8

8,229

8,059

9,117

2.1

-11.6

(16.1)

(15.9)

(18.4)

(16.1)

(15.9)

(18.4)

1.

Pearls, Precious & Semi-Precious Stones

22,045

21,963

23,556

0.4

-6.8

4,622

4,808

5,436

-3.9

-11.6

2.

Chemicals, Organic & Inorganic

13,218

11,165

12,420

18.4

-10.1

2,771

2,444

2,866

13.4

-14.7

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, etc.

3,554

2,726

2,333

30.3

16.8

745

597

538

24.9

10.8

4.

Cashew Nuts, Raw

431

961

1,198

-55.1

-19.8

90

210

277

-57.0

-23.9

C.

Others

63,378

55,549

51,747

14.1

7.3

13,289

12,159

11,942

9.3

1.8

(26.0)

(24.1)

(24.0)

(26.0)

(24.1)

(24.0)

of which :

1.

Gold and Silver

21,623

21,189

20,393

2.0

3.9

4,534

4,638

4,706

-2.2

-1.4

2.

Artificial Resins & Plastic Materials

3,211

2,535

3,118

26.7

-18.7

673

555

719

21.3

-22.9

3.

Professional, Scientific & Optical Goods

4,948

4,015

3,660

23.2

9.7

1,037

879

845

18.0

4.1

4.

Coal, Coke & Briquittes etc.

5,422

5,039

4,368

7.6

15.4

1,137

1,103

1,008

3.1

9.4

5.

Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Products

2,001

1,712

1,616

16.9

5.9

420

375

373

12.0

0.5

6.

Chemical Materials & Products

2,110

1,528

1,563

38.1

-2.2

442

335

361

32.2

-7.3

7.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

2,039

794

710

156.9

11.8

427

174

164

146.1

6.0

Total Imports ( I+II )

2,43,645

  2,30,873

  2,15,236

5.5

7.3

51,087

50,536

49,671

1.1

1.7

P Provisional.
Note : Figures in brackets represent percentage to total imports.
Source : DGCI & S.